Charles Frodsham

Charles Frodsham

Charles Frodsham (15 April 1810 London –1871 London) was a renowned English watch and clockmaker. He took over Arnold & Co in 1843 at 84 Strand, London. The family business, Charles Frodsham and Co. still holds the Royal Warrant of clock suppliers to the British Royal Family.

An example of a clock by Frodsham is a sidereal clock on display in the Norman Lockyer Observatory.

Sidereal clock by Charles Frodsham on display in the Norman Lockyer Observatory

Time kept by a Frodsham clock was the official time piece of Australia when it was founded by the British in 1788. The clock remains on display at the Royal Observatory in Sydney.

References

Mercer, Vaudrey (1981). The Frodshams: the story of a family of chronometer makers. [Ticehurst]: Antiquarian Horological Society. ISBN 0-901180-22-X. 

External links

• Official site

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Name	Frodsham, Charles
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Date of birth	15 April 1810
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Date of death	1871
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